Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-06-15
BISHOP KEANE ON McGLYNN.
The Former has mo sympathy with ths
Theories Advanced.by the Latter.

81 suppose / had better notSask you questions
about the McGlynn matter" said q New York
Herald reporter to Bishop keane, OF Richmond,
just returned from Rome.
swell, am not so sure about that" replied the
bishop. 81 think perhaps you had. There are
one or two things should Like to say about that
Here, for instance, are some slips from the papers
that have been sent me since my arrival, in which
It is said that am likely TO suffer at the hands OF
the propaganda. just as DR.. McGlynn has because
Of my intimacy with him, my sympathy with the
doctrines he is now teaching, and letter from me
representing Cardinal Sime0nt as having con-
demned Georges views without having read them
Now there is not one word OF truth In single one
OF those statements" The bishop then exposed
friend OF the ex-prest, DIR. McGlynn." He said: 81
am not personally acquainted with DR.. McGlynn.
never exchanged word with him and never
was at his house. That is the extent OF the
intimacy between US, TO which l see the
papers OF late refer as likely to interfere with
my future prospects He went on to say: "With
regard to my letter to DIR. McGlynn, urging him 70
come to Rome and referring 10 Cardinal Simeon1,
1t was written from desire TO save DR.. McGlynn
from what could not regard as anything less than
his ruin. Bishop Ireland ana myself were much
disturbed OF reading, while in Rome, the state
ment that DR.. McGlynn's unwllnngnesS to obey
the summons TO Rome arose from the belief that
he had been already condemned, and was sum-
moned only to be disciplined We asked Cardinal
SimeOni about IL, and said here was statement
that was doing great harm, not only in DIR.
McGlynnS own parish, but all over the country.
He replied that there had been no condemnation;
on the contrary, the question had not even been
examined. We were profoundly sorry for McGiynn.
He had embarked in a cause that was utterly
wrong and fallaciOus, and he was surrounded
by Influences. so exciting that he was inca
pable In the midst OF them, OF justly weighing his
duty as priest He found that, SO far from there
being spirit or condemnation at Rome he would
find there, il he would obey and come, only fathery
kindness and advice, such as would lead him and
aid him TO see matters In their true light. SO we
sent word to him: There Is no condemnation;
the matter has not even been inquired lnto Do
your duty as priest and OBEY the summons. An
spirit was sent the message which has been
so monstrOusly distorted. As to my having
sympathy with the theories that Dr. McGlynn Is
advocating, there is likewise no foundation for
that statement. They are, TO my thinking,
utterly wrong, based on q consideration OF q
very few OF the premises which are very numer-
GUS, and the conclusions 30 reached are. l think
advocacy Of them, / am sure, arises from his
believing that they viii go far toward relieving
the evils OF the present social system. But as his
premises are partial his reasoning Is faulty, and
his ecclesiastical attitude is utterly tnexcusable
He Is making dreadful mistake, from which
should be indeed glad TO see him saved What career
can never cease TO be priest he; will never sue
coed In the course he Is now pursuing. He viii be
q nOnentity. He can never be Dooiinger or
Hyacinthe"-
GAS matter OF caliber. And even they, aftef
placing themselves In an attitude OF hostility 70
the church In order to follow out their own IDEAS
became nonent1tiea He Is being made catspaw
aDid you SEQ that Mr.. OBrien declined 70 be
made q catSpaw when he passed through New
York. or had you sailed before that occarred'"
The circumstances OF the OBrien reception and
Mr.. O'Br1ens refusal to attend where NcAak1n
presided were explained 70 him.
aOn: I'm delighted: ne y J9ss nen1 iou p'ea''
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